KrymeCain

I definitely need to work on this. I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t even want to go downtown or to the grocery store unless I have a friend come along. However, I hate this as I really don’t want to be clingy. As a young adult, I really need to get over this fear. In a few years I will graduate from college and hopefully move away from home, so I will need to prepare myself for living along and doing more things by myself.
I’m not even sure why I have such a panic attack when thinking of being myself. So, I think the first thing I’m going to work on to accomplish this is to find out why this terrifies me so much. Once I’ve narrowed that down a little, I can start taking small steps towards conquering this. Maybe a walk down to the park one day?

I find that living here in Japan has helped me improve my posture a little. Back in America, it is a common thing to see people slouched over all the time so I never gave it much thought. However, when I came to Japan last year I immediately noticed how almost everyone sits so perfectly upright so I wanted to improve my own instead of sticking out like the stereotypical “lazy American”.
I still have a long way before I’ll have the same beautiful Japanese posture, but I’m happy it’s getting better! It’s all about small steps. (:

So, I’ve started to take some steps towards overcoming this. I make an effort to donate blood at least two times a year. It still freaks me out a little when they show me the needle, but knowing that I’m helping other people gives me the determination to go through with it. :]